Chapter 3467: The Quantities Emperor
Ding Zu arrived a step later, grabbed the Yin-Yang Double-Headed Trident, leaped over the Great Luo Divine Seal, and struck straight at Zhang Ruochen’s head.
A vast number of rules flowed on the double-headed trident, one yin and one yang, shaking the space.
Zhang Ruochen showed no weakness. He turned abruptly, using the sword bone side of his divine sword to meet Ding Zu, swinging it.
The sword and trident clashed.
“Boom!”
The stone slabs outside the palace gate shattered completely.
One divine formation after another on the city wall was activated, forming circular halos of light.
Taking advantage of the backward momentum, Zhang Ruochen grabbed Luo Sha’s wrist and rushed into the palace gate.
Luo Sha said, “The main formation of the Great Luo Divine Palace was left behind by the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable of the past. In addition, there are auxiliary formations built by successive emperors of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom. Unfortunately, 100,000 years ago, the main formation of the Great Luo Divine Palace was destroyed from within. Although my father has invited many divine masters to repair it over the years, it is difficult to restore its former power.”
“However, the tragedy of 100,000 years ago also made my father vigilant. To prevent a recurrence, he took many precautions. He established a bridge between his own life soul and the main formation’s spirit. As long as he is not in the Great Luo Divine Palace, no Infinite Realm powerhouse can enter the palace from the outside.”
“If he falls, the new emperor must hold the Great Luo Divine Seal or the Tian Yi Star Wheel to gain the recognition of the formation spirit and take control of the palace.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “What were you doing when you spilled blood on the ground earlier?”
“Because I am the Tian Yi Star Wheel.”
Luo Sha winked at Zhang Ruochen and said, “The formation spirit was severely damaged 100,000 years ago and has been sleeping. I used my blood to awaken it.”
Just as Zhang Ruochen was pondering the meaning of Luo Sha’s words, a powerful wave of divine power came from behind.
“So the Tian Yi Star Wheel is indeed on you! Is Luo Yan grooming you as the future empress of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom? I am becoming more and more curious—what exactly is the Tian Yi Star Wheel, that it can be formless and invisible?”
Ding Zu chased after them and rushed in at the last moment before the formation light door closed.
Luo Sha stared at Ding Zu, her eyes cold, and said, “100,000 years ago, you were the one who helped the external enemy breach the Great Luo Divine Palace, weren’t you?”
“Are you worthy of asking that question?”
Ding Zu released a vast number of rule divine patterns from within his body, and his divine realm world expanded, enveloping Zhang Ruochen and Luo Sha.
“Leave this to me. You go activate the formation.”
Zhang Ruochen held up the Great Luo Divine Seal with both hands, blocking the divine realm world spreading toward them.
The sword bone doppelganger took Luo Sha and the others and rushed out, disappearing into the corridors of the various halls in the Great Luo Divine Palace.
Ding Zu clearly understood the consequences of letting Luo Sha and the others take control of the Great Luo Divine Palace’s main formation and the city-protecting divine formation. So, he bypassed Zhang Ruochen and chased after the sword bone doppelganger.
“Your opponent is me?”
Zhang Ruochen stepped on the Ancestor Boots, forming an arc-shaped stream of light, intercepting Ding Zu, and punched out.
“Seeking death!”
Ding Zu dodged the fist seal, directly grabbed Zhang Ruochen’s arm, and threw him away. The Yin-Yang Double-Headed Trident flew out of his hand like an arrow from a string, striking Zhang Ruochen in midair.
“Clang!”
The Earth Cauldron manifested, blocking the Yin-Yang Double-Headed Trident, but the cauldron body still collided with Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen and the Earth Cauldron flew out together, smashing a hall into ruins.
Just as Ding Zu was about to continue the chase, the Earth Thunder Pearl, the Ding Shen Needle, and the Great Luo Divine Seal flew out one after another, attacking from three different directions.
Zhang Ruochen lifted the cauldron and flew out of the ruins. Countless shamanic inscriptions swirled around the cauldron body, and he struck down heavily, slamming it onto Ding Zu’s head.
Ding Zu slapped out with his palm, hitting the cauldron body.
“Crack, crack!”
The ground beneath him continuously cracked, bulging up, and spreading into the distance. All the buildings within thousands of feet around were destroyed, leveled to the ground.
Even those defensive divine formations shattered like bubbles, collapsing with irresistible force.
Zhang Ruochen had to admit in his heart that the Great Unbound Infinite was too powerful. Even though he had gone all out, he still found it difficult to shake Ding Zu.
He could only hold him off for now, waiting for Luo Sha and the others to activate the divine formation.
By then, even a Great Unbound Infinite would probably have to retreat and flee.
But the situation at the clan mansion was truly worrying. Even with Wolf Ancestor going to support, joining forces with the Venerable, they were still far from a match for Shen Tu Ghost Emperor.
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The battle at the clan mansion was even more brutal than Zhang Ruochen had estimated.
Those who acted were not only Wolf Ancestor and the Venerable.
There were also Feng Zun and Nie Shen Wang.
The divine ship of the Rakshasa Divine Temple had long been shattered. The black-robed priests on board had all turned into corpses, their souls devoured by Shen Tu Ghost Emperor.
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor was the foremost among the Five Direction Ghost Emperors of Fengdu Ghost City, known as the number one under Fengdu Dadi. He could sit on equal footing with the clan leaders of various races.
Even four Infinite powerhouses joining forces could not stop him.
The reason they had held on until now without being defeated was that the Venerable had activated part of the city-protecting divine formation, using it to suppress Shen Tu Ghost Emperor.
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor wore silver armor, his narrow eyes connected to his ears. His upper body was solid, while his lower body was mist-like. Even under the suppression of the city-protecting divine formation, he remained very composed.
Feng Zun, Wolf Ancestor, and Nie Shen Wang all knew that Shen Tu Ghost Emperor had already released part of his divine soul, engaging in a soul-level battle with the Venerable.
It was impossible for the Venerable to fully activate the city-protecting divine formation to suppress him.
Moreover, the Venerable could only mobilize three-tenths of the city-protecting divine formation’s power. Could he really suppress Shen Tu Ghost Emperor?
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor looked at Nie Shen Wang and laughed, “Old Nie, you ordered High Priest Xin He to search the souls of Luo Yan’s children. He won’t let you off. Why are you fighting so hard? In the end, you’ll still be retaliated against. Why not cooperate with us, take down Rakshasa Divine City, and take whatever resources and blood food you want from the city?”
“Stop talking nonsense. When did I ever give orders to Xin He... cough, cough...”
Nie Shen Wang coughed up blood.
He was severely injured. His divine body had been shattered twice by Shen Tu Ghost Emperor, and much of his divine substance had been worn away. Just now, when he got agitated, the organs he had just re-condensed split open again.
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor looked at Wolf Ancestor and used his seduction technique, saying, “I have a life-and-death bond with Nu Tian. As long as you stop attacking from now on, once the situation stabilizes, I will guarantee your life and let you leave.”
Wolf Ancestor was in slightly better shape than Nie Shen Wang. He wore the Kong Ming White Robe bestowed by Nu Tian Shen Zun, which had strong defensive power. His divine body had only been shattered once.
Kong Ming was the Dharma name of Yin Xue Tian when she cultivated Buddhism.
Wolf Ancestor said, “We have all lived for nearly a million years, or even over a million years. Do you believe the words you yourself are saying? You don’t have the confidence to quickly defeat us, and you are eager to take control of the city-protecting divine formation, right?”
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor said, “I have kindly advised you, but you are so ungrateful. It truly disappoints me.”
Feng Zun said, “Stop wasting your efforts. Our will is firm, and we are determined to fight you to the death. Once the Great Emperor completely defeats Er Da Ren, he will naturally have the time to suppress you.”
“Luo Yan? Haha!”
Shen Tu Ghost Emperor laughed loudly, “Even at Luo Yan’s peak, I am not afraid of him in the slightest.”
“What about the Heavenly Venerable? The one the Heavenly Venerable most wants to kill must be you, right? Since Luo Yan the Great Emperor has not died, the Heavenly Venerable must also be nearby,” Wolf Ancestor said.
A cold glint flashed in Shen Tu Ghost Emperor’s eyes, and he said, “You are right. Since Luo Yan has appeared, Fengdu Dadi must also be in the nearby star domain. So, you should understand that what truly determines the direction of the Rakshasa Clan’s situation is not us at all.”
Before he finished speaking, Shen Tu Ghost Emperor had turned into a black ghost mist and rushed in front of Feng Zun.
Feng Zun was one of the top three among the Eight War Gods in combat power, only a hair’s breadth away from the Great Unbound Infinite. But it was this hair’s breadth that left him utterly helpless against Shen Tu Ghost Emperor.
“Pfft!”
Feng Zun’s chest was pierced by Shen Tu Ghost Emperor’s strike, and his body flew backward.
Just as Shen Tu Ghost Emperor was about to deliver a second blow, Wolf Ancestor and Nie Shen Wang acted together, unleashing their strongest divine abilities.
At the same time, the Venerable activated the formation, creating a gravitational space field. It was like multiple great worlds pressing down on Shen Tu Ghost Emperor, greatly limiting his power and speed.
None of the four Infinite powerhouses were ordinary. They knew very well that any one of them facing Shen Tu Ghost Emperor alone could only last a few moves.
But with the four of them working together, if they coordinated well, they could hold off this terrifying enemy.
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Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm was located within the star domain under the jurisdiction of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom, only a few light-years away from Rakshasa Divine City. For Infinite Realm powerhouses, it was not too far.
Legend had it that this great world was formed from the body of the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou after his death.
A blood moon hung in the sky above the great world, floating in the clouds, appearing extremely eerie and beautiful. Legend said it was formed from the left eye of the Demon Ancestor—visible but unreachable.
Beneath the blood moon, at the edge of a cliff, a mottled stone tablet stood there since ancient times.
On the tablet was a poem left by Heavenly Mother in the past: “A lifetime trapped by emotional burdens, severing the mortal world, severing the heart.”
This was one of the most forbidden areas in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, dense with demonic patterns and extremely stable space. Even an ordinary god who trespassed would surely die.
But in this forbidden area within a forbidden area, space was torn open, revealing a crack dozens of feet long.
“Whoosh!”
Fengdu Dadi stepped out of the crack, landed on the ground, and looked up in the direction of the stone tablet. He waved his sleeve.
A gust of wind swept through, wiping away all the illusions here like a layer of mist, revealing the true scene.
Earthly Mother sat under the stone tablet, her eyes vacant.
Behind her, Fu Lu Shen Zun unhurriedly inserted one spiritual power divine needle after another into her divine soul. Earthly Mother’s eyes gradually filled with bloodshot veins.
Fengdu Dadi said, “I truly did not expect it to be you. Revealing only martial arts, hiding your spiritual power so deeply, always aloof from the world, content to be beneath Xu Fengjin and Feng Caiyi—it seems you are the most formidable figure of the Destiny Temple! The Quantities Emperor!”
Fu Lu Shen Zun looked up and smiled slightly, “I am not worthy of such praise from the Great Emperor. Actually, in worldly affairs, not contending is a form of contending. Hiding skill in clumsiness, sheathing one’s edge—that is the way to endure.”
“Well said: not contending is a form of contending,” Fengdu Dadi said.
Fu Lu Shen Zun pondered for a moment, then said, “I thought that by using Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm to conceal my own heavenly secrets, I could hide a little longer. But the Great Emperor has come sooner than I estimated.”
“You used your spiritual power to cover up the turmoil in Rakshasa Divine City. While concealing the heavenly secrets, you inevitably leaked your own,” Fengdu Dadi said.
Fu Lu Shen Zun nodded, “But the Great Emperor came too late. You should have gone to Rakshasa Divine City! If all the cultivators in Rakshasa Divine City are sacrificed, the Rakshasa Clan will rapidly decline, and perhaps two or three of the Chaos Ancient Demon Gods will recover to their peak.”